The cost of home hospice care for terminal patients in Israel

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 284-290

  Shnoor, Yitschak ^a   Szlaifer, Mali ^b   Aoberman, Amitai S ^b,c   Bentur, Netta ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c Tiberias Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Home hospice care; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548162124     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107300212     Document Type: Article

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